From 1989 on the proposal would call for the deficit to be cut by $36 billion each year.

To make up for the deficit, young people are being sent to learn the trade in Turkey.

A 1985 law sets a $108 billion ceiling for the deficit.

The men in Paris are responsible for the deficit - they did not supply what was needed.

White House officials, in contrast, took issue with the notion that the administration is responsible for the deficit.

There will be some good news, as estimates for the 2010/11 deficit have been revised down since March.

Is the nation better off with tax subsidies for farmers - or lower deficits?

He argues that increased tourism would more than pay for the $300,000 deficit.

To this day, it is a major league record for the biggest deficit overcome that late in the game.

And if we've got no room to gripe about taxes, the same goes for the deficit.